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today president obama seemed a little unsure. >> al qaeda's top ranks have been hammered. but core of al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan is on the way to defeat. al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities. >> so does it really lessen the threat if the core has been hammered but affiliates have spread and actively plot against the united states? it is hard to know. one thing we know is the obama administration just stepped up the use of drones to kill terrorists. just how effective are they? barbara starr with an investigation. >> reporter: within hours of learning al qaeda in yemen was planning a major attack president obama increased drone operations in a frantic effort to find the terrorists. operations have been cut back but now the gloves were off as senior administration official tells cnn. national security trumped everything else. in the last week and a half five drone attacks over yemen. about one-third of all attacks so far all this year. drones remain controversial. president obama insist
today president obama seemed a little unsure. >> al qaeda's top ranks have been hammered. but core of al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan is on the way to defeat. al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities. >> so does it really lessen the threat if the core has been hammered but affiliates have spread and actively plot against the united states? it is hard to know. one thing we know is the obama...
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. >>> president obama got a shout out from troops today at camp bend l ton and he had a warning for them about the dangers still out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and extremist still threaten the homeland, still threaten the diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad, and we have got to take these threats seriously. >> signs of that threat triggered a global terror alert, as you know, and the bases forward. what got everyone so worked up? reporters elih lake and josh roguen believe they know. their daily beast article is al qaeda conference call intercepted by u.s. officials sparked alerts. one u.s. intelligence official saying like this was a meeting of the lee gond of doom. fran serves in the dhs. josh, go to have you on the program. i know you can only say so much because you want to protect sources and concerned about balancing your reporting with national security. this being said, cnn spoke to a number of sources today and terrorism experts who say that 20 plus leaders of al qaeda communicating with each other at the same time would be a big departure of how they o
. >>> president obama got a shout out from troops today at camp bend l ton and he had a warning for them about the dangers still out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and extremist still threaten the homeland, still threaten the diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad, and we have got to take these threats seriously. >> signs of that threat triggered a global terror alert, as you know, and the bases forward. what got everyone so worked up? reporters elih...
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. >>> president obama credited the marines for taking down osama bin laden and he had a warning about the dangers out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and like-minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad. we have to take these threats seriously. >> the signs of the threat triggered a global terror alert an the basis for it. what got everyone so worked up? eli lake and josh row gan believe they know. their daily beast article is headed al qaeda conference call intercepted by u.s. officials sparked alerts. some kind of conference call that one intelligence official described it this way, like the meeting of he legion of doom. we are joined by fran townsend. she serves on the dhs and security advisory boards. i know you can only say so much because you want to protect sources and are concerned about balancing your reporting with national security. cnn has spoken to a number of sources tell, as well as terrorism experts who say that 20-plus leaders of al qaeda communicating with each other at the same time on a
. >>> president obama credited the marines for taking down osama bin laden and he had a warning about the dangers out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and like-minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad. we have to take these threats seriously. >> the signs of the threat triggered a global terror alert an the basis for it. what got everyone so worked up? eli lake and josh row gan believe they...
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we should point out that president obama almost did just that in 2009. he renominated bernanke to that position back then. you can't rule out any news when the president is on vacation. >> we'll have live coverage of the president's news conference tomorrow here on cnn. thanks, jim acosta, for that report. coming up, it's been almost a week since the global terror alert. it is the threat over. do those warnings do more harm than good? i'm going to speak about it live. the former director of national intelligence, retired navy general dennis blair is here in the situation room. >> research verse scored a major break through in one of the world's most devastating diseases, malaria. stop for no one. what? it's red hot deal days. get $100 off the samsung galaxy note ii with features like pop-up play. lets you use any app while watching video. or use the s pen for hand-written notes. just $199.99. hurry in, sale ends august 11th. getting the best back to school deals. that's powerful. verizon. and didn't know where to start. a contractor before at angie's lis
we should point out that president obama almost did just that in 2009. he renominated bernanke to that position back then. you can't rule out any news when the president is on vacation. >> we'll have live coverage of the president's news conference tomorrow here on cnn. thanks, jim acosta, for that report. coming up, it's been almost a week since the global terror alert. it is the threat over. do those warnings do more harm than good? i'm going to speak about it live. the former director...
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apparently when the obama administration refuses to say it is. our guest, senator john mccain, is breaking from the white house talking points on egypt, even though he just got back from a trip there at the president's
apparently when the obama administration refuses to say it is. our guest, senator john mccain, is breaking from the white house talking points on egypt, even though he just got back from a trip there at the president's